Home›Open Questions›When was Sunan Kalijaga born, and when did he die?Open QuestionsWhen was Sunan Kalijaga born, and when did he die?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "When was Sunan Kalijaga born, and when did he die?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-was-sunan-kalijaga-born-and-when-did-he-die.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). When was Sunan Kalijaga born, and when did he die?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-was-sunan-kalijaga-born-and-when-did-he-dieCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-when-was-sunan-kalijaga-born-and-when-di, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {When was Sunan Kalijaga born, and when did he die?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-was-sunan-kalijaga-born-and-when-did-he-die}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionSunan Kalijaga is known only through Javanese chronicle and hagiographic tradition centuries removed from his life, and even the popularly repeated 1450 birth year and 1513 death year are not agreed, with some accounts giving a death year decades later.What would resolve this A contemporary Javanese court chronicle, inscription or other independently datable record naming Sunan Kalijaga's birth or death, distinct from the popular hagiographic tradition that presently supplies the only dates in circulation.OpenJavanese history, history of Islam in IndonesiaSumarsam, Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central JavaCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnSunan Kalijaga, Historical Figures Well-attested Source Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central JavaSumarsamtier 1SourcesGamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Javatier 1Sumarsam, University of Chicago Press, 1995View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year